Requires wifi. Sends gigs of data back to the manufacturer everyday. But it has pretty chime.

Fallout. I like the premise and I’ll watch other people play it, but I just cannot get into the mechanics of that franchise. Something about VATS is just not enjoyable to me.

GUYS I FOUND THE WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Maybe if you didn’t split settings into that half-baked settings app, then leave control panel in place with the remaining settings, but make control panel increasingly difficult to get to, we wouldn’t need a stupid AI agent to help us change settings.

This has got to be hanging around somewhere in that building for easy reference…

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Walking Dead, House of the Dragon

Not wearing a seatbelt and not wearing a helmet.

Disable or delete mobile advertising ID.

Become a ball of anxiety, never talk to them, remain alone.

I quit Facebook/Insta long ago but started perma deleting stagnant accounts a little after Cambridge Analytic stuff I think? It was my first real eye-opening moment when it came to data privacy and the whole misinformation cesspool that is social media.

Reddit when 3rd party apps were dropped.

Twitter partly when Musk killed 3rd party apps…then fully when he became a shithead.

Snapchat mostly because it annoyed me.

Never used TikTok other than viewing a video someone sent me in a web browser.

Bonus because I’m still salty: Prime when they introduced ads in Prime Video.

This only applies to GM EVs. Friend has a 2025 ICE Chevy which has both AA and CarPlay. Still dumb that the EVs don’t have it though.

Nope. I used to pre-order ESO expansions because you got some cool mounts or whatever, but I haven’t played that in years.

Also try not to give into early access either.

Of course, the junk drawer.

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a home without one.

Stopped drinking alcohol.

Started walking more and taking the stairs instead of elevators whenever possible.

Yep. Every kernel update. Granted that’s less often than Windows requires a reboot.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think 11 is pretty great from a technical standpoint. The only real issue I have is modern standby…I miss having laptops that actually go to sleep and aren’t dead a day later. But that’s a fight I’ve given up on.

Now…the ads, MS accounts requirements, tracking and telemetry, the pre-installed bloat like News (a glorified clickbait aggregator), Movies and TV, Office, etc. make what is technically fine into a garbage experience.

Duh-tah

Just kidding. I say day-ta. Although dah-ta slips out every so often.

Hopefully this means Ubuntu will have good support for the X1 Elite…that’d be pretty sweet. Then all that sweet code can trickle down to the other distros.